Jewel (THQ)

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"Oh my gosh, Mom, seriously! I am TRYING to be MENACING AND MYSTERIOUS. Could you be quiet for ONE SECOND while I handle this?"
— Jewel to Scarab, The Hive Queen

Template:Charbox Lady Jewel is a female HiveWing and Queen Wasp's cousin, as well as the ruler of Jewel Hive.

Appearance

Lady Jewel was described to be tall and angular by Cricket, and that she has bright golden scales that look "nearly green in low flamesilk light". She has thin lines of black scales outlining her "iridescent green eyes", dotting her cheekbones, and tracing the veins in her wings. She wears gold earrings shaped like beetles and a necklace of onyx stingers. Her claws are painted with "perfect lines of black and gold".

Personality

Lady Jewel is considered "a harmless idiot" by Queen Wasp, and often overlooked by her. Some believe that she is illiterate, but she reveals that this is false in The Hive Queen. In the same book, a prisoner in the Jewel Hive prison described her as the only leader of the Hives that can be trusted.

According to Cricket, Lady Jewel is fascinated with art.[1] Jewel Hive has a thriving art scene, and is well known for its parties. She is the most relaxed Hive ruler in terms of security, and has the least orderly Hive. She secretly dislikes Wasp, but keeps up the illusion so that she can remain in her position as ruler. Lady Scarab believes that she will protect Cricket and Katydid from Queen Wasp[2], and Tau and Cinnabar joke about Lady Jewel giving them a medal when ordered to punish the two severely. She helped Cricket escape from prison, and is unable to be mind-controlled by Wasp, although it is unknown if she was ever injected. She ordered the building of Jewel Hive's library and filled it with history books, hoping that some of her citizens would learn enough to see through the royal family's lies.

Lady Scarab, her mother, often throws snide remarks at her, which annoys the younger HiveWing. Jewel supposedly has a reputation for being a "master torturer," but when she was five she was afraid of knives, and according to her mother fainted at the sight of blood. It is implied that when a dragon seemingly disappears from her prison, they may have been taken away to safety, despite rumors to the contrary.

She also seems to use coping mechanisms to deal with her emotions, such as stress-eating when Wasp orders mass Hive command.

Biography

The Hive Queen

Lady Jewel was mentioned a couple of times before her first physical appearance as the ruler of Jewel Hive and cousin of Queen Wasp.

After she was captured by Queen Wasp, Cricket awoke in the Jewel Hive prison with Lady Jewel and her mother (Lady Scarab) watching her. Jewel was understanding of Cricket's actions and consequences and decided to help Cricket escape from her own prison.

Relationships

Lady Scarab

While Lady Scarab is Lady Jewel's mother, Jewel tends to find her annoying and unpredictable, not to mention that Scarab tends to drive Jewel to her wit's end quite often. In a mere conversation between them and Cricket, Lady Scarab's biting comments toward her daughter and Cricket irritate Lady Jewel to the point of losing her composure several times. However, Lady Scarab seems to truly care about Jewel and gives her advice no matter what.

Queen Wasp

Despite sharing blood, Lady Jewel and Queen Wasp don't get along. Wasp thinks her cousin is weak and stupid. Jewel despises Wasp in return for being too selfish and cruel.

Cricket

Cricket and Lady Jewel met briefly when Cricket was captured by HiveWings under Queen Wasp's control. Lady Jewel freed Cricket from her prison, in exchange for spying on Wasp.

Family Tree

CicadaUnknown
Several Generations
UnknownCochinealScarabUnknown
BloodwormCicadaHornetMantisJewelUnknown
TsetseVinegaroonWaspYellowjacketUnnamed Dragons


Quotes

"Hmmm,[...] so this is the dragon who's thrown my Hive into such a tizzy. [...] You're quite small to cause so much trouble."
― upon meeting Cricket (The Hive Queen)
"You mean the torture, the experiments, the vanishing prisoners?"
― to Cricket (The Hive Queen)
"Do you know how hard it is to get paint out of treestuff? I'm going to have pink smudges all over my Hive forever now."
― about Cricket, Blue and Sundew's vandalism of Jewel Hive (The Hive Queen)
"THEY ARE N- this is not productive"
― to Lady Scarab after she tells her that her dragonets are a mess (The Hive Queen)
"Oh my gosh, Mom, seriously! I am TRYING to be MENACING AND MYSTERIOUS. Could you be quiet for ONE SECOND while I handle this?"
― to Lady Scarab (The Hive Queen)
"You may not have noticed, but somehow I manage to be a VERY GOOD HIVE RULER even - I would say especially when you and your advice are on the other side of the continent!"
― to Lady Scarab (The Hive Queen)

Trivia

  • Lady Jewel is the only Hive ruler not to be a sister of Queen Wasp, instead being the queen's cousin.
  • Lady Jewel is the only dragon known to stress-eat, as Tau says that she orders sugary treats from the kitchen nonstop when Wasp is issuing a mass hive command.
  • Jewel and Lady Jewel are the only characters from two different tribes to have the same name.
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References

  1. ↑ The Hive Queen, page 57
  2. ↑ The Hive Queen, page 116
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